The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 20, 1977
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
10:53 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 673
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.23° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.10° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.